[ 100559 ] Output from Properties.list

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Support Request #100559, was updated on 2002-Mar-09 13:27
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Category: java.util
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Summary: Output from Properties.list

By: crawley
Date: 2002-Mar-09 13:27

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The output produced by java.util.Properties.list
in Classpath and JDK can be significantly different.
Classpath inserts escape sequences for newlines
and a number of other characters.  JDK 1.3 / 1.4 does
not do this.  On the other hand JDK 1.3 / 1.4 outputs
the "-- listing properties --" line, and ouputs
long property values truncated to 40 characters
with elipsis. 

For example, where the Classpath impl outputs a sample
Properties object like this:

>>>
newline=\n
tab=\t
longValue=12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
<<<

the JDK 1.3 & 1.4 impls output the same object like 
this:

>>>
-- listing properties --
newline=

tab=
longValue=1234567890123456789012345678901234567...
<<<

I note that the JDK 1.x API docs do not specify the 
format of the output for Properties.list().


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